Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputy expected to make a full recovery after being hit by a suspect’s car at a Dollar General Store in Greenville County

Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputy expected to make a full recovery after being hit by a suspect’s car at a Dollar General Store in Greenville County

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Updated: 6:47 PM EST Mar 8, 2016

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WEBVTT MYRA: THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US IT ALL HAPPENED AT THIS DOLLAR GENERAL STORE AROUND 3:45 THIS MORNING. WE ARE IN THE HELZER COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS PICKUP TRUCK CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA, ALL -- ALONG WITH THE WOULD-BE PROPANE THIEF DRIVING IT. LIEUTENANT TY MILLER SAYS THE DEPUTY FIRED AT LEAST ONCE AT THE TRUCK, WHICH HIT HIM AS IT DROVE OFF. >> THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING, RIGHT IN THE BACKYARD. MYRA: NEIGHBORS OF THIS DOLLAR GENERAL STORE SAY THEY HEARD MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS A DEPUTY ON PATROL FIRED HIS GUN AT A PICKUP THAT HIT HIM. >> WE'LL HAVE HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS. MYRA: INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DEPUTY FIRST APPROACHED THE DRIVER WHEN HE WAS OUT OF THE TRUCK AND TRYING TO BREAK INTO A CAGE WHERE PROPANE TANKS ARE KEPT. >> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED, BUT I GUESS IT KIND OF CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD AS TO WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO STEAL PROPANE GAS. MYRA: BUT PRAFUL PATEL, WHO OWNS A CONVENIENCE STORE DOWN THE STREET, SAYS A PROPANE THIEF STRUCK HIS PLACE NOT TOO LONG AGO. >> THREE WEEKS AGO, THEY CUT IT OUT, AND THEY STEAL ABOUT SEVEN BOTTLES. MYRA: BECAUSE OF THAT, HE DECIDED TO STOP SELLING PROPANE. >> IF I DON'T HAVE IT, THAT'S WHY THEY GO TO DOLLAR GENERAL. MYRA: DEPUTIES ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A NEWER MODEL, DARK-COLORED PICKUP. AS WELL AS THE DRIVER. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS CAN CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 23-CRIME. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE DEPUTY WAS HIT BY THE TRUCK HAS NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.

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Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputy expected to make a full recovery after being hit by a suspect’s car at a Dollar General Store in Greenville County